The story
Name: D W H BELL
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 769 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-09-18
Aircraft: Barracuda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Alternative Commemoration - buried in Cheetham Hill (St Luke) Churchyard. Screen Wall
Family details: Son of William Alfred and Emily Bell, of Cheetham, Manchester
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A) [Midshipman (A)]
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 769 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-09-18
Aircraft: Barracuda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Alternative Commemoration - buried in Cheetham Hill (St Luke) Churchyard. Screen Wall
Family details: Son of William Alfred and Emily Bell, of Cheetham, Manchester
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